Investigations on patients with spastic hemiparesis showed that after magnetically induced finger- and hand-extensions the paretic fingers could be extended faster and further. The spastic activity of the flexors was remarkably reduced. This inhibiting effect of the RPMS on the spasticity of patients could be seen even 72h later. We wanted to evaluate the effects of RPMS on the skeletal muscle tone in the healthy with a method to estimate the different components of muscle tone at the elbow joint. With the aid of 13 healthy subjects it was shown that RPMS at the elbow (-flexors and -extensors) leads to reciprocal effects on the skeletal muscle tone, RPMS at the flexors increases the skeletal muscle tone, RPMS at the extensors reciprocal reduces the skeletal muscle tone. This conditioning effect behaves analogue to the findings in spastic patients which lasts between hours to several days. «

Investigations on patients with spastic hemiparesis showed that after magnetically induced finger- and hand-extensions the paretic fingers could be extended faster and further. The spastic activity of the flexors was remarkably reduced. This inhibiting effect of the RPMS on the spasticity of patients could be seen even 72h later. We wanted to evaluate the effects of RPMS on the skeletal muscle tone in the healthy with a method to estimate the different components of muscle tone at the elbow join... »